Five Ghost Songs (2020) for voice, clarinet and piano

(Duration ca. 18:00)

An eleven minute version with I. First Ghost; II. Two Ghosts; III. Ghosts of Key West ; was premiered by Winsor Music, Sonja Tengblad, Rane Moore, and Yoko Hagino, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, OCT 28, 2022

I. First Ghost; II. Second Ghost; III. Two Ghosts; IV. Suburban Ghost of 1967; V. Ghosts of Key West

Accidentals, follow the typical convention, carrying through the bar in octave. Many cautionary accidentals have been added (in parentheses) for clarity.

These songs started life as electroacoustic pieces from my ten-song cycle, Ghosts of Our Former Selves, released digitally October 2020 and on vinyl LP in 2021. While almost all of the melodies have remained the same, I have freely recomposed the accompaniment to fit this particular ensemble. They need not be performed as a set and may be reordered for performance. You can find out more about the cycle and the stories behind these songs and the texts on the blog page on this website.